Disneyland employee Mary Riva of Orange County purchased the ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2145 E. Ball Road in Anaheim, said Donna Cordova, a spokeswoman for the California Lottery. The 7-Eleven is two and a half miles from Disneyland’s main entrance.

The ticket was one number short of the $656 million jackpot. In California, 29 tickets had five winning numbers.

Each worker put in $5 to buy lottery tickets. After taxes, each employee will receive about $14,000 each.

The co-workers are interior and window display designers for Disney.

Riva told a lottery official that the winnings will “help with personal and household expenses.”

“It will ease a lot of minds,” Riva said in a prepared statement. Riva could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

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